Among- and within-population variation in flowering time of Iberian Arabidopsis thaliana estimated in field and glasshouse conditions

New Phytologist

Volumn 197, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1332-1343

  Méndez Vigo, Belén ^a   Gomaa, Nasr H ^b   Alonso Blanco, Carlos ^a   Xavier Pico F ^c  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b Beni Suef University   (Egypt)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Field experiment; Flowering; FRIGIDA (FRI); Genotype environment interaction; Life history trait; Natural variation; QST FST comparison; Vernalization

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

DICOTYLEDON; DIVERGENCE; FIELDWORK; FLOWERING; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; INTRAPOPULATION VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NATURAL SELECTION; VERNALIZATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPE; FLOWER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; EUROPE; FLOWERS; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 84873268756     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12082     Document Type: Article

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